County official in court for showing his genitals to 11-year-old girl

A Taita Taveta County official was on Wednesday arraigned in a Voi court for allegedly attempting to rape an 11-year-old girl.

Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ellen Nderitu, the accused, Eric Ochieng, who is a principal administrator at the county government, was accused of attempting to rape the girl at his house in Voi town on March 9, 2019.

The court was told that Ochieng’ lured the girl into his house, where he allegedly showed her his manhood.

He denied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Ksh200, 000 or Ksh500, 000 with a surety of a similar amount.

The case was set for mention on April 17, 2019 with the hearing due on May 5, 2019.

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